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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What is this??? Please help!

« on: April 19, 2013, 12:51:31 am »

The pictures don't really do the box any justice, in hand you can see the fine workmanship of each piece of wood laid in, and the ( tiles) look like mother of pearl to me, and the mosaic around the edges are made up from different material, either bone or ivory, I only say this because you can see the typical hair like fibre structure of the tiles, but again!!! I'm no expert, all your help has been a fantastic insight! And I'll take it along to the antique shop and see what they say. Ok let's say it is tunbridge..... How much would it be worth? Just so I don't get ripped off if I ever part with it! Again, thanks a bunch guys!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What is this??? Please help!

« on: April 18, 2013, 02:12:48 pm »

Sorry it's 6x3x 1 5/8. I'm in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. I honestly haven't got a clue what I've got so all your help is great! You can only see the back of the hinges because the inside is covered up, hope these pics help!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What is this??? Please help!

« on: April 18, 2013, 01:47:46 pm »

Hi, thanks for the reply, the box is 6 inches by 3 inches, inside has some fancy blue cushioned Cotten with a lace inlay. It looks hand made and every individual piece of wood and pearl is glued in with some sort of old brown stuff.... It also looks to have bone or maybe ivory in there too.

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Antique Questions Forum / What is this??? Please help!

« on: April 18, 2013, 01:27:12 pm »

Hi, I picked up this little box and haven't really hot a clue about it, can anybody please shed some light on this for me, thanks.